Jeff Moden (11/12/2013)
From the article:
These days most testing of software is automated.Oddly enough, I believe that's part of the problem with delivered software, today. There's nothing like a human using the software as the ultimate test because that's the ultimate goal. I've also found that, except for certain types of load testing software, most automated software doesn't even consider performance and a lot of people don't set the test software up for "negative path" testing.
I agree.
The best scenario is for automated testing by the developers, automated testing by the test team, manual script testing by test team where automation difficult or impossible, manual exploratory testing by test team and finally UAT testing by users.
Also, penetration testing, performance testing, integration testing, disaster recovery testing and usability/user experience (UX) testing.
Gaz
-- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!